UPS driver shot in Humboldt Park
The driver was grazed by a bullet while delivering packages in Humboldt Park Tuesday morning. CBS 2's Sabrina Franza has the story.
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The driver was grazed by a bullet while delivering packages in Humboldt Park Tuesday morning. CBS 2's Sabrina Franza has the story.
The contract, which raises starting pay to $21 and top pay to $49 an hour, still must be ratified by 340,000 members.
The Teamsters Union will practice picketing outside the UPS hub on Jefferson Street before a rally with local leaders.
About 340,000 UPS workers are poised to walk off the job on Aug. 1 after a monthslong contract dispute.
"I think if the teamsters win a good contract at UPS, they'll then use it to go after Amazon and try to convince those workers to organize."
The last UPS strike was in 1997 and lasted 16 days.
A UPS semi-truck drove off a bridge on the Indiana Toll Road and caught fire before falling into the Calumet River.
It's unclear if the truck or the packages were stolen.
UPS is filling part-time and seasonal positions ahead of the upcoming holiday rush, and in about 80% of these positions, no interview is required.
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UPS also offers virtual reality headsets to practice dropping off boxes as another modernized, hands-on drill.
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Police on Tuesday identified the man and woman who were shot dead in a suspected murder-suicide in the parking lot of a Hodgkins UPS distribution center the day before.
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The district laid out a $630 million plan to remake Soldier Field into a major concert venue and events space.
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Streaming giant Netflix declined to match Paramount Skydance's $31 per share offer for Warner Bros. Discovery.
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